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Opera To Release WebKit-Based Web Browser

Phoronix: Opera To Release WebKit-Based Web Browser

Next month Opera will be rolling out "Opera Ice", a new web-browser for smart-phones and tablets. This mobile Opera browser won't be built on their Presto engine but rather the popular WebKit engine. Initially this WebKit-browser is just targeting the mobile space but it's expected to eventually land on the desktop too...

im 10 year opera user and i think webkit engine might be a good idea.
their presto engine is good and all that, but it just doesnt grow with new features fast enough.
so i think switching to webkit will grant us, opera users, more rapid updates and features to keep up.

One less rendering engine is not good for web standards; especially in the mobile space, where people may already be tempted to target webkit instead of standards because of the Android/iPhone dominance.

One less rendering engine is not good for web standards; especially in the mobile space, where people may already be tempted to target webkit instead of standards because of the Android/iPhone dominance.

If you want to port a browser to iOS, WebKit is the only choice.
Specifically the version of WebKit that Safari is using. That's what Firefox had to do.